So I thought I would start up a thread to see where all the people who used to be on Balmung before the mass exodus of transfers from our server that happen during the Early Access and Launch of Stormblood are located now. I was gonna do it for Gilgamesh too, but I figured someone else from there server would make another thread for that.
Anyways... What I would like to know is where people have gone and how are they fairing on the new server. While many have hope that the gates of Balmung will re-open as per the conditions that the Community Team have said, I for one doubt that will ever happen and that the gates will never re-open again.
Please respond to this thread in the following format listed below. I hope those of you who had transferred off the server are doing well. May the Twelve forever guide your paths and that you all may always walk in the light of the Crystal. Happy hunting and safe adventuring! :):D:cool:
Character Name:
Current Residing Server:
Short (or Long) Answer Response:
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09-18-2017, 07:15 AMMazora_EspeonEX-Balmung Players of the Mass Stormblood Exodus - Where are they now?!
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09-18-2017, 07:19 AMEnla
Most of the ones I know of went to either Omega or Mateus, with many making alts on those servers if they didn't actually move wholesale.
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09-18-2017, 07:50 AMMazora_EspeonThat's what I've heard too, but that's besides the point... Please reread what I have written and stick to the format. Thank you! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Enla
Nah, I'm kidding, but seriously though... I've heard others move to Coeurl too. That's the reason why I decide to make the thread now since it's the day after the end of The Rising and it was a reflection to what the Wandering Minstrel had said...
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09-18-2017, 04:53 PMAronys
Character Name: Arty Highbrush
Current Residing Server: Lich
Short (or Long) Answer Response: I'm doing great here. Found a great FC, doing so much content with new friends, maybe even more than I did on Balmung, and I've been there since 2.1. I left Balmung just before SB, as I wanted to establish myself there prior, so I left like 2 weeks before. Immediately was welcomed with open arms and even tho I do miss some of the people I used to play with, I'm really happy here. Just shows that even on smaller servers, you can still find a good community and that you don't have to be on a big one to be able to do stuff. Heck I even roleplay here, and there's a roleplaying community here, so not everyone is on Balmung. :) -
09-18-2017, 05:49 PMJoe777After Coeurl got so many immigrants it lost preferred status, and as a result people started jumping ship and we eventually went back to our lower population we had before we went preferred. I honestly cannot say if any of the Balmung immigrants remain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazora_Espeon
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09-18-2017, 07:18 PMHasratI wish Mateus was the same. I miss my quiet server.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe777
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09-18-2017, 09:23 PMRubyCirhaThey do I have like 8 or 9 people from balmumg that joined my fcQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe777
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09-18-2017, 10:46 PMAmenian
Character Name: Kohia Wolndara
Current Residing Server: Adamantoise
Short (or Long) Answer Response: I actually created a new character here rather than transferring. My old character I just abandoned. I can't say I'm having too good of a time. I'm having trouble meeting people and finding a good FC, although that's partially my fault as I'm very picky about FCs. -
09-19-2017, 12:50 AMJiao
Character Name: Vex Blackburn
Current Server: Mateus
Reasoning for leaving: Balmung was too packed for it's own good. Getting disconnected only to sit in a queue of several thousand people each night when I only get a few hours to play to begin with was, as far as I was concerned, unacceptable. So when the free transfers opened with no gil limit, I jumped at the opportunity to move to Mateus where I heard a smaller RP community was starting to form.. even though I haven't indulged in it yet. I'm doing well here though, maxed all my DoH/DoLs and became a 2* omnicrafter in under a month. Made back the gil I spent and then some, and by pure chance bumped into an old acquaintance from Balmung here and joined her FC. Life is good. -
09-19-2017, 02:15 AMAkira
lol balmung no longer has any queues to log in but we all know next expac the same stuff will happen lol
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09-19-2017, 02:28 AMSocomlord
Character name-max grant
Current server-goblin
Reason- balmung was just to crowded as was stated above waiting hours to get on was a bummer. Almost my whole fc transferred so it's been a wonderful transition to a much smaller intimate server. -
09-19-2017, 03:01 AMTheodric
Character Name: Graeham Ridgefield (...and other characters of mine!)
Current Residing Server: Cerberus
Short (or Long) Answer Response: There's various reasons for the transfer. I played on Balmung since 2.0 but in that time I only met a handful of people who were genuinely reliable, friendly and loyal. Everybody else proved to either be indifferent and distant or manipulative and unhinged. Role-play is also pretty much a joke on the server, too. The quality in many cases is awful and I wish I was exaggerating when I said that most of it ends up revolving around romance and erotic role-play. This is to be expected of MMO RP to an extent but I have never seen it as common or as shameless elsewhere as it is on Balmung. Still, very few 'role-players' actually want to get out into the game world. Instead they just want to talk about how 'cool' such would be, planning stuff out for hours in some cases but then never actually committing to anything. All that aside, I get better ping over on the European servers anyway and a handful of people moved alongside me. The server being locked for character creation and server transfers to the place also means there's no fresh blood. -
09-19-2017, 05:55 AMMisterSpamtastic
Character Name: Little Spamlette (my alt)
Current Residing Server: Mateus
Short (or Long) Answer Response: how i ended up sending an alt there is a story within itself. basically my wife and i bought her mother a ps4 for mothers day so she could play online with us since she lives across the country. because character creation was closed on balmung we started her out on mateus and created alts there to play with her figuring we'd be able to pay to transfer her in a couple days. on her first day eligible to make the paid transfer the gates to balmung slammed shut. it was literally the first day they closed off paid transfers. i transfered my high level alt there to be able to craft gear and such for all our characters stuck on mateus. i know it sounds weird but being there feels like being in someone else's house. the zones are all identical but for some reason it just doesn't feel the same. i regret sending a character there even though it's just an alt. it's not home to me. in my opinion the only good to come out of it is that i got a really nice house in the mist. being able to casually walk through all the wards in all the zones and having a choice in housing is an experience everyone should get to have. -
09-20-2017, 09:54 AMAamaltheaNothin wrong with that. You spend a lot of time with those folk you have to be picky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amenian
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09-20-2017, 12:44 PMBigRed5392goblin is a pretty good server. Welcome :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Socomlord
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09-21-2017, 05:13 AMMazora_Espeon
Hmm... So from what I've read, it seems pretty up and down so far. I'm glad those of you who had transferred were able to find a new place to be and that it all worked out for you. I would be interested to read more about how others who have transferred are doing. Let us know how things are with you on your new server if any other Ex-Balmung Players are out there! :D
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09-21-2017, 05:16 AMilea
Moved to Mateus, soon moving to Cactuar in a few days. I followed the RP, but now that content is more my thing, I'll be making an alt to remain on Mateus instead.
Leaving Balmung was great at first (no more queues!).
Then it sucked (you want me to pay how much, MB?)
And then, ultimately, it was whatever.
I think the whole act of transferring was a learning experience. I like being on a more populated server, especially when it comes to RP, but I was able to get an actual house on Mateus. Being on the outside really shows you how messed up the housing market is. -
09-21-2017, 05:36 AMTillie
character name: Toukta Mol (was Tillie Noveaux on balmung)
current server: Mateus
reasoning: Left because balmung is a cesspool of toxic attitudes, have bad memories on that server, and several of the people I cared about are no longer there. Housing is a complete joke and making money off the MB even moreso. Now on mateus, was able to secure a house, have high hopes for shirogane opening, and part of a blossoming RP community. Was able to earn enough for a large house within a month of moving because the server actually rewards hard work put into crafting and gathering. -
09-21-2017, 06:55 AMColorOfSakura
Character Name: Aerik Tirel / Ashildr Ravenscrime
Current Residing Server: Mateus
Short (or Long) Answer Response: While I mostly enjoyed my two years on Balmung, things had drastically changed about the server from the time I joined so I felt it was a good time to take the offer to head to another server. Roleplay was fun - but Balmung's community quickly became stagnant and insular due to the character creation lockout and eventually the lock out of the world transfers. There was a lot of toxicity on the server and people white knighted the hell out of well known members of the Roleplay community simply because they didn't want to be excluded from the social scene - even if those members of the community were really awful, manipulative people. Connections were EVERYTHING on the server - if you didn't make good connections or you did something to piss off one of the big community favorites, you could pretty much guarantee that you were shunned from most roleplay events or just ignored altogether. A lot of this was hidden under the surface of the community so you didn't really see it until you jumped in and got involved. There was also a LOT of pettiness, a lot of talking behind people's backs - it really wasn't a healthy environment after a while. I'm certain if I had stuck with smaller outlying RP groups things would have been fine, but I got involved in the major part of the community and it wasn't very pretty.
Mateus, for the most part, has been a nice change of pace. The RP community is blossoming there - and with character creation open - it allows for the community to grow naturally. The small server vibe is still kinda there - people seem to be generally friendly (although I've met some Mateus players who really dislike Balmung transfers.) The Hunt community isn't a toxic pile of nastiness either - which is really welcome. Overall, I'm happy with the change I made. I had several friends come with me, we founded our own FC and since many of us have high level crafters and gatherers - we've been able to easily make money. We're holding out for Shirogane in 4.1, and hope that while it'll be a mad dash, it won't be nearly as horrible as Balmung's used to be. -
09-22-2017, 11:43 PMMazora_Espeon
Hmm... Well, the thing about Balmung is that it's a buyers market. Things are sold cheaply because there's an abundance of resources (sellers) and with all that competition, prices tend to be low on the marketboard. Personally, I don't find that to be a problem since I have another source of revenue to make money on the server. Not to mention that my needs to buying things are very low. Because I'm not much of a raider or a roleplayer, I have no need for high-end gear and glamour prisms, both of which are the ways of making a lot of money in the game. However, selling high-end gear only lasts for a few months at the beginning of each raid tier.
There is also the fact that because Balmung had a lot of people that were very generous and charitable in helping other people for free. Depending on your relationships with the person, you might be able to get things crafted at little to no cost to you. And items tend to get sold at fairly reasonable prices below the "standard price" which I'm still trying to figure out who decides cost of these things in the game. Honestly, if I don't have any use for it, I would be willing to giveaway expensive items that I get from doing Treasure Maps or minions from dungeons that I've already acquired. However... Anyone that knows me know that I don't really give things away for "free". There's usually some kind of game or activity involved that tests the player's ability and skill. Plus... And maybe I'm partly to blame... But you have a lot of people hosting events that giveaway free stuff to people which I think that even though it might be bad for the server's economy, it is still a good thing for the community as a whole. I am starting to notice that with the lack of players we used to have on the server, the prices on the market are slowly creeping back up again and stabilizing at a higher rate than normal, but for the most part, the prices are still more or less fairly cheap compared to other servers.
Hopefully, the gates of Mateus doesn't end up getting closed indefinitely like the way Balmung does, but I think it's only a matter of time until people will start to flock to a server with well established roleplaying community just as they did with the Balmung server. If Mateus does become "the new Balmung", then we will have to see how the server will hold up in catering to the demands of the roleplay population. As for getting shunned by the roleplay community... I can't relate to that, but I know a few people who have been affected by such a thing.
As for the toxicity in the RP community, most of it is from what I hear from other people, but I haven't experienced it myself since I not deep within the RP circles. I do know that there is a "No Mod" places on the HRPC forums which is pretty much a toxic pit where people can dish out all the dirt, throw shade and be extremely salty at people. Most of the toxicity that I have experienced on Balmung usually involves Lalafell hate. And while I did have many people who told me that most of what is said is meant to be humorous, funny and a joke, I'm not the one who is laughing.
This is actually all really great. I would like to hear more from other Ex-Balmung Players on how their doing. Don't be shy to let it all out. Thinking about it now, another reason for this thread can be a good stress reliever and a healthy way to get things off your chest that's bothering you. Please submit more entries and thank you! :):D:cool: -
09-23-2017, 01:07 AMreiichiHey. Staff member of the RPC here. The forum former called "No Mod's Land" is actually one of our more enforced sections, oddly enough. User have to specifically opt-in with a manual group membership in a settings page that isn't immediately accessible in the User CP. From there, only users who have posted inside the section can be called out. In this sense, it's more locked down than someone having a massive tumblr rampage calling people out, linking [possibly fake] screenshots, or tagging people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazora_Espeon
If someone is named who hasn't opted in/posted, the post[s] are removed and the involved users are moderated. It's a venting zone, just like any other social media. It's certainly got its issues, but it also fulfilled its purpose of keeping the main sections of the board primarily on topic with less shitposting and less drama. At this point, it's also been pretty dead aside from the standard shitpost that could otherwise exist in our Off-Topic board. It's also not planned to be migrated over to our new site layout, due out when we can finish some server work and coding.
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09-23-2017, 01:10 AMNiravesThis is, unfortunately, all too common on every realm. I've had to blacklist people before because they wouldn't stop making nasty comments about my character because shes a Lalafell.Quote:
Most of the toxicity that I have experienced on Balmung usually involves Lalafell hate. And while I did have many people who told me that most of what is said is meant to be humorous, funny and a joke, I'm not the one who is laughing.
It's gotten so bad that I pretty much immediately blacklist anyone who makes Lala 'jokes' around me.